Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the publication of our new edited volume:
*"The Anthropocene Debate and Political Science"
*https://www.crcpress.com/The-Anthropocene-Debate-and-Political-Science/Hickmann-Partzsch-Pattberg-Weiland/p/book/9780815386148
Thomas Hickmann, Lena Partzsch, Philipp Pattberg, Sabine Weiland
Routledge
Published September 5, 2018
Reference - 278 Pages - 6 B/W Illustrations
ISBN 9780815386148 [Titel anhand dieser ISBN in Citavi-Projekt
übernehmen] - CAT# K345023
/Summary/
Anthropocene has become an environmental buzzword. It denotes a new
geological epoch that is human‐dominated. As mounting scientific
evidence reveals, humankind has fundamentally altered atmospheric,
geological, hydrological, biospheric, and other Earth system processes
to an extent that the risk of an irreversible system change emerges.
Human societies must therefore change direction and navigate away from
critical tipping points in the various ecosystems of our planet. This
hypothesis has kicked off a debate not only on the geoscientific
definition of the Anthropocene era, but increasingly also in the social
sciences. However, the specific contribution of the social sciences
disciplines and in particular that of political science still needs to
be fully established.
This edited volume analyzes, from a political science perspective, the
wider social dynamics underlying the ecological and geological changes,
as well as their implications for governance and politics in the
Anthropocene. The focus is on two questions: (1) What is the
contribution of political science to the Anthropocene debate, e.g. in
terms of identified problems, answers, and solutions? (2) What are the
conceptual and practical implications of the Anthropocene debate for the
discipline of political science?
Overall, this book contributes to the Anthropocene debate by providing
novel theoretical and conceptual accounts of the Anthropocene, engaging
with contemporary politics and policy-making in the Anthropocene, and
offering a critical reflection on the Anthropocene debate as such. The
volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of political
science, global environmental politics and governance, and sustainable
development.
/Table of Contents /
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1. Introduction: A Political Science Perspective on the Anthropocene
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Thomas Hickmann, Lena Partzsch, Philipp Pattberg and Sabine Weiland
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I Theories and Concepts
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2. A Natural History for the 21st century: Rethinking the Anthropocene
Narrative with Arendt and Adorno
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Maike Weißpflug
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3. Disentangling Descriptions and Responses to the Anthropocene: Norms
and Implications of Scientific Representations of the Earth System
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Johannes Lundershausen
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4. The Anthropocene and Governance: Critical Reflections on Conceptual
Relations
Basil Bornemann
5. International Theory in the Anthropocene: Moving beyond Species,
State, and Governance
/Franziska Müller/
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II Governance and Practices
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6. Security Studies and the Discourse on the Anthropocene: Shortcomings,
Challenges, and Opportunities
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Judith Nora Hardt
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7. Global Climate Governance as Boundary Object: Making the Meaning of
the Anthropocene
/Lukas Hermwille/
8. From ‘Talking the Talk" to "Walking the Walk"? Multi-Level Global
Governance of the Anthropocene in Indonesia
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Chris Höhne
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9. Agricultural Governance in the Anthropocene: A Research Agenda
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Sandra Schwindenhammer
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III Critical Perspectives and Implications
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10. Sustainability Impact Assessment of Land Use Changes in the
Anthropocene
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Till Hermanns and Qirui Li
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11. The Nuclear Legacy in the Anthropocene: Interrelations between
Nature, Technology, and Society
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Dörte Themann and Achim Brunnengräber
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12. Worlds Apart? The Global South and the Anthropocene
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Jens Marquardt
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13. The Anthropocene Concept as a Wake-Up Call for Reforming Democracy
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Jörg Tremmel
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14. Conclusions: Towards a ‘Deep Debate’ on the Anthropocene
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Thomas Hickmann, Lena Partzsch, Philipp Pattberg and Sabine Weiland
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Index
/Acknowledgements/
"This remarkable collection very nicely combines conceptual, political
and critical perspectives on the Anthropocene. All articles show that
political science can contribute to a better understanding of the
Anthropocene, but also that political science has to evolve in order to
take up the challenges we face in this new era." Markus Lederer, Chair
of International Relations, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
"Can a geological epoch have politics? The Anthropocene Debate and
Political Science invites us to takes this question seriously and to
bring political analysis into the center of contemporary environmental
debates. A timely and innovative investigation into the political life
of the Anthropocene." Eva Lövbrand, Department of Thematic Studies:
Environmental Change, Linköping University, Sweden
"The Anthropocene has conquered most public and scholarly debates on the
human-nature nexus – and has often been greeted without deeper reflection
about the term’s social and political implications. This superb and
innovative volume addresses this gap and brings political science into a
timely and much-needed dialogue with the Anthropocene concept." Fariborz
Zelli, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Lund
University, Sweden
Best, Lena
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Prof. Dr. Lena Partzsch
Sustainability Governance
Universität Freiburg, Tennenbacher Str. 4, D-79106 Freiburg
Tel. + 49 (0)761 203-67942
Fax: + 49 (0)761 203-3729
E-Mail:[email protected]
Kemper, L. and Partzsch, L. 2018. A water sustainability framework for assessing
biofuel certification schemes: Does European hybrid governance ensure
sustainability
of palm oil from Indonesia? Journal of Cleaner Production 26(192), 835–843,
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652618313830 (open
access).
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